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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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